Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Cal Raleigh was a league-winner last year, but is it worth it generally to pay the price for a top catcher? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson explore that, and talk about Edwin Diaz's injury and the Dodgers' replacement(s). --- 00:00 4-21-26 00:30 News 00:45 Edwin Diaz out until ASB (who closes? Drop Diaz?)….. 07:20 Raisel Iglesias to the IL (shoulder) 10:30 Zack Wheeler returns Saturday 13:15 The worst feeling in fantasy baseball: being right on your FOMO players, like I was on Sal Stewart and Parker Messick. Can these guys slow down?! 18:10 The best feeling in fantasy baseball: being right on a player, like you were on Dillon Dingler. Look at those advanced stats! 22:00 Sonny Gray to the IL (Tolle time?)….. 24:20 RotoWire Smart Money - Jake Bauers 26:00 Review of the catcher position 27:00 Fred’s Preferences 29:15 What to do with Cal Raleigh? 32:20 Would we rather own Ben Rice, Shea Langeliers, William Contreras, Hunter Goodman or Drake Baldwin? 37:00 Who do we prefer out of slumping catchers, Sal Perez, Ivan H

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap a busy weekend in FAAB, break down all the madness at the closer position across baseball and discuss some struggling offenses. They talk about the slow starts on the Red Sox and Royals and all the newly open closer situations, before digging into a wild weekend in FAAB, including large bids on Noah Schultz, Sam Antonacci and Spencer Arrighetti. Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:10 Justin Wrobleski 13:05 Noah Schultz 17:30 Mick Abel 20:00 Landen Roupp 22:25 Caleb Thielbar 24:50 Ben Brown 30:00 Sam Antonacci 35:30 Daulton Varsho 38:35 Angel Martinez 41:35 Gary Sanchez 43:20 Moises Ballesteros 47:45 Enyel De Los Santos 52:30 Chase Silseth 55:50 Joel Kuhnel 58:45 Quinn Priester 1:00:40 Davis Martin 1:02:05 Jeremiah Jackson 1:05:00 Tyler Freeman 1:07:00 Rece Hinds 1:10:10 Ildemaro Vargas 1:12:25 Jacob Young 1:16:05 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/Closer madness! Steak League FAAB: 5:50 Noah Schultz $17 Sam Antonacci $16 Charlie Condon $9 Jeremiah Jackson $8 Enyel De Los Santos $4 Gary Sanchez $3 Colin Rea $2 Louie Varland $1 Keider Montero $0 20:15 Other names to consider: Spencer Arrighetti, Erik Miller, Didier Fuentes More roster trends from CBS 25:00 Two-start pitchers: J.T. Ginn 1 (Todd 2) Reynaldo Lopez 3 Bryce Elder 3 30:45 Kyle Bradish 4 Sonny Gray 4 Connelly Early 3 Colin Rea 2 Matthew Boyd 2 37:00 Rhett Lowder 3 Slade Cecconi 2 Jose Quintana 0 Chase Dollander 1 (Todd 2) Sean Burke 2 Jack Flaherty 4 Colton Gordon 0 Seth Lugo 3 (Todd 4) Jack Kochanowicz 0 Justin Wrobleski 1 (Todd 0) Max Meyer 1 (Todd 2) Kyle Harrison 3 (Todd 2) Mick Abel 3 54:45 Nolan McLean 5 Luis Gil 1 Aaron Nola 3 Carmen Mlodzinski 3 Emerson Hancock 4 Tyler Mahle 0 Michael McGreevy 3 Jesse Scholtens 2

Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, the founder of Pitcher List, to discuss some of this year's breakout starting pitchers. --- 00:00 Intro 2:05 Noah Schultz debut 5:10 Pitcher injury news 11:20 Nolan McLean 13:40 Cam Schlittler 15:00 MacKenzie Gore 19:30 Jose Soriano 23:40 Shota Imanaga 26:20 Drew Rasmussen 30:20 Taj Bradley 32:55 Emerson Hancock 35:45 Parker Messick 36:50 Braxton Ashcraft 39:30 Michael Soroka 41:30 Bryce Elder 43:20 Randy Vasquez 45:35 Joey Cantillo 47:20 Will Warren 49:30 Jeffrey Springs 51:40 Landen Roupp 55:30 Mick Abel 1:00:15 Davis Martin 1:01:50 Carmen Mlodzinski --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now ! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Jason Collette take a couple of victory laps before getting into their biggest regrets of draft season!   01:35 Victor Laps 05:15 Sal Stewart 08:40 Massive SP Values 13:35 Chandler Simpson 17:25 Jordan Walker 22:30 Parker Messick 24:20 Jose Soriano 28:25 Key Injuries 31:30 Buy Lows 36:05 Cutting Bait 40:30 Big Disappointments 46:25 The Hunt For Saves 54:35 Stashing Season 57:50 Missing At Third Base 01:01:50 Our Best Teams 01:06:45 Our Worst Teams   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now ! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Inspired by Garrett Crochet's Monday blowup outing, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson look at eight starting pitching slow starters. --- 00:00 Eight Pitchers We Regret 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 02:30 FAAB Results - Jakob Junis Guy 10:15 Jordan Romano Blows Save 12:00 News 12:15 Christian Yelich out 4-to-6 weeks 14:00 Jackson Chourio out until May 15:00 Tatsuya Imai and Jeremy Pena to the IL 18:00 Jackson Holliday Setback 21:00 Noelvi Marte to the Minors 24:00 Noah Schultz Debuts 26:00 RotoWire Smart Money 27:30 Happy Fun Ball Night 30:00 Oneil Cruz 31:00 “What Can Go Right?” 33:00 Konnor Griffin 36:00 Sling 37:00 Underachieving Pitchers 37:30 Garrett Crochet 43:15 Emmet Sheehan 47:20 Mike Burrows 50:40 Tanner Bibee 53:50 Jesus Luzardo 55:10 Andrew Abbott 59:30 Eury Perez 1:02:00 Logan Webb --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield, discuss some early season surgers, go through a long list of injuries over the weekend and break down a busy week of adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about the quick starts (and if they are sustainable) for O'Neil Cruz, Jose Soriano and Chandler Simpson because getting into all the popular adds this week, including Jakob Junis, Edouard Julien and Angle Martinez, along with much, much more from all around fantasy baseball.   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 18:43 Rhett Lowder 20:56 Ryan Weathers 22:58 Grant Holmes 24:54 Bryan Baker 28:10 Max Muncy 30:31 Mark Vientos 34:11 Garrett Mitchell 36:30 Andres Gimenez 37:58 Colt Keith 40:34 Brandon Marsh 44:16 Sean Burke 45:44 Foster Griffin 48:41 Jakob Junis 53:48 Colin Rea 56:22 Caleb Kilian 58:48 Troy Johnston 1:01:47 Wenceel Perez 1:03:34 Juan Brito 1:06:43 Nick Yorke 1:08:00 Hyeseong Kim 1:13:23 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/Madison, Wisc. native Drake Baldwin is the No. 1 fantasy hitter through two weeks! Steak League FAAB: 4:25 Jake Junis $11 Masyn Winn $9 Bryan Baker $8 Janson Junk $7 7:45 Sean Burke $7 Brandon Lockridge $4 David Hamilton $3 Kevin Kelly $2 Brandon Williamson $1 James Tibbs $1 Ryan Jeffers $0 14:25 Other roster trends from CBS 18:00 Two-start pitchers: Ryne Nelson 1 Luis Severino 1 Jeffrey Springs 3 Grant Holmes 3 Reynaldo Lopez 3 Trevor Rogers 4 (Todd 5) Kyle Bradish 4 Garrett Crochet 5 Gavin Williams 3 Joey Cantillo 2 (Todd 3) Michael Lorenzen 0 Sean Burke 2 Framber Valdez 5 35:00 Mike Burrows 4 Cole Ragans 5 Yusei Kikuchi 1 (Todd 0) Reid Detmers 2 Eury Perez 4 Brandon Sproat 0 Bailey Ober 1 44:30 David Peterson 0 (Todd 1) Will Warren 3 Ryan Weathers 3 Cristopher Sanchez 5 Paul Skenes 5 Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 4) Michael King 4 George Kir

Erik Halterman is joined by Grey Albright of Razzball to discuss some surprisingly hot starts. Should you sell high or hold? --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 Drake Baldwin 19:15 CJ Abrams 21:45 Jordan Walker 26:10 Andy Pages 28:45 Christian Yelich 31:05 Oneil Cruz 35:35 Yordan Alvarez 38:10 Ben Rice 40:45 Chase DeLauter 43:45 Liam Hicks 46:05 Garrett Mitchell 47:30 Cam Smith 49:50 Sandy Alcantara 53:15 Jose Soriano 55:55 Cam Schlittler 59:25 Taj Bradley 1:01:30 MacKenzie Gore 1:03:45 Emerson Hancock and Bryce Elder 1:07:00 Gavin Williams and Edward Cabrera --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Sam Dykstra discuss all the most notable minor-league assignments and which players are set up to climb prospect rankings this season!   01:20 Ryan Sloan and Kade Anderson 06:25 Jamie Arnold/Liam Doyle/Tyler Bremner 10:55 Devin Fitz-Gerald 15:05 Jesus Made, Blake Burke 17:55 Prospects skipping complex ball 23:35 Luis Hernandez 26:05 Cardinals catchers 28:55 Leo De Vries, Ralphy Velazquez 31:45 Steele Hall 35:00 Greenville’s loaded rotation 38:10 Johnny King, Arjun Nimmala 42:00 Soft Dodgers assignments 43:55 Binghamton’s loaded roster   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now ! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nick Kurtz entered Tuesday night's play with zero homers, 14 strikeouts and a .148 batting average. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss Kurtz and other early season slumping hitters and their respective worry levels. --- 00:00 10 Players We Regret 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 01:45 News: 02:00 Hunter Brown not throwing 05:30 Use Shohei as a SP? 09:20 Cade Horton’s first MRI didn’t look good….. 11:00 Juan Soto will miss 2-3 weeks….. 13:00 Jacob deGrom left after five innings with knee discomfort….. 14:40 Matthew Boyd landed on the IL…… 21:00 Bryan Baker, Lucas Erceg, Jordan Romano and Jakob Junis were among those who got saves last night….. 24:15 Jose Soriano looks great 26:00 Smart Money Demo - Ozzie Albies Walk 27:45 Jansen Junk 33:30 Sling 34:30 Who are we worried about? 36:00 The following players required a significant draft investment and have an OPS below .500. Who are we worried about? 36:45 At your request, we can talk about Nick Kurtz too. 40:30 Pete Crow-Armstrong 44:00 Julio Rodriguez 48:00 Ronal

Jeff Erickson and Justin Mason discuss Konnor Griffin's debut, injuries to Hunter Brown and Mookie Betts, and the top pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Easter Sunday Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Justin Mason 02:45 Mason’s Musings 03:40 Top News 03:50 Konnor Griffin Debuts 08:15 Red Sox / Giants Struggling 15:00 Injuries 15:10 Hunter Brown 18:10 Mookie Betts 19:55 Juan Soto 21:00 Jordan Lawlar & Cade Horton 23:00 Alejandro Kirk 27:30 Schedule Notes 27:40 7 Games: CIN, COL, CWS, DET, KC, MIA, MIN, SD 30:00 Sling AD 31:00 Free Agent Results 31:15 Starting Pitchers 32:30 Bryce Elder 33:30 Lance McCullers 37:00 Colin Rea 38:30 Why is Lucas Giolito unsigned? 40:30 Spencer Arrighetti 42:30 Janson Junk, Foster Griffin, Sean Burke, Cade Povich, Anyone Else? 44:00 Brandon Sproat 46:21 BlueWire 46:30 Relievers 46:50 Gregory Soto 49:00 Rays - Bryan Baker, Kevin Kelly? 50:15 Giants - Winn, Kilian? 51:55 A’s? 54:00 Rangers? 55:30 Hitters 55:50 Jordan Walker - Spiked him in OC 57:50 Garrett Mitchell 59:30 Mark Vientos 1:01:10

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer hit on all their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:45 Jordan Walker 17:45 Cam Smith 20:25 Liam Hicks 24:00 Mickey Moniak 27:30 Colt Emerson 31:20 Taj Bradley 33:45 Randy Vasquez 36:00 Eric Lauer 38:15 Michael Soroka 40:50 Riley O'Brien 45:15 Dean Kremer 47:20 Janson Junk 49:50 Lance McCullers 53:40 Tyler Alexander 55:30 Mark Leiter 57:40 Kyle Isbel 59:25 Brice Matthews 1:01:35 Daniel Schneeman 1:04:00 Oswald Peraza 1:07:05 Dominic Smith 1:09:20 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/Konnor Griffin has arrived! Steak League FAAB: 4:10 Emerson Hancock $23 Michael McGreevy $13 Lance McCullers $12 Colt Emerson $9 Joe Boyle $7 Joey Wiemer $4 Keaton Winn $1 Two-start pitchers: 12:50 Zac Gallen 3 Aaron Civale 0 20:00 Chris Sale 5 Dean Kremer 0 Brayan Bello 1 Jameson Taillon 2 Brandon Williamson 0 (Todd 1) 25:20 Andrew Abbott 4 Tanner Bibee 3 Ryan Feltner 0 Kyle Freeland 0 Erick Fedde 0 Shane Smith 1 (Todd 2) Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3) Tarik Skubal 5 Hunter Brown 5 Noah Cameron 3 Cole Ragans 5 36:30 Jose Soriano 3 Janson Junk 1 Sandy Alcantara 4 (Todd 5) Brandon Woodruff 5 Joe Ryan 4 Taj Bradley 1 (Todd 2) Freddy Peralta 5 Cam Schlittler 5 44:30 Andrew Painter 4 (Todd 3) Bubba Chandler 3 (Todd 2) German Marquez 0 (Todd 1) Nick Pivetta 4 Logan Gilbert 5 Adrian Houser 1 Andre Pallante 0 Ryan Pepiot 2 (Todd 0) Jacob deGrom 4 Max Scherze

Erik Halterman is joined by RotoWire president Peter Schoenke to discuss the most confusing bullpens in baseball. --- 00:00 Headlines: Konnor Griffin, Cody Ponce and more 12:45 Closer Chaos: Athletics 15:40 Rockies 20:25 Astros 25:05 Royals 31:05 Angels 34:35 Twins 38:00 Giants 40:30 Cardinals 43:15 Rays 49:40 Rangers 53:20 Nationals 55:30 Move quickly on closers, move slowly on hitters --- Check out Erik's new Closer Carousel Column: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/column/closer-carousel-695 Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Peter Schoenke conduct a Stash Draft featuring injured big leaguers and prospects!   03:40 Konnor Griffin 10:40 Bryce Miller 12:25 Colt Emerson 14:50 Robby Snelling 17:55 Lourdes Gurriel 19:10 Edwin Uceta 21:30 Bryce Eldridge 24:20 Hagen Smith 27:55 Shane Bieber 29:35 Noah Schultz 30:35 Tommy Edman 31:40 Payton Tolle 33:00 Jasson Dominguez 37:15 Jonah Tong 38:20 Dylan Crews 39:35 River Ryan 40:35 Ryan Waldschmidt 41:20 Charlie Condon 43.55 Didier Fuentes 45:00 Justin Steele 45:35 Honorable Mentions 53:05 Thanks, Pete   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie bid aggressively against each other in the Mixed LABR league on both Carmen Mlodzinski and Randy Suarez, plus they have observations about the new ABS system in major league baseball. --- 00:00 3-31-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Avoiding Early Damage 11:30 Cody Ponce ACL Sprain 15:00 Colt Emerson (and Cooper Pratt) new contracts 19:30 Sling 20:30 Monday’s Pitchers 20:45 Starters 21:00 Parker Messick 22:45 Jacob Lopez 23:45 Chris Bassitt 29:45 Kyle Harrison 30:30 Foster Griffin 33:00 Bryce Elder, Lance McCullers 35:30 Justin Verlander 38:15 BlueWire 38:20 Relievers 38:30 Paul Sewald got a save. 46:30 Lucas Erceg 49:45 Tyler Alexander has two saves. 54:30 Is it too early to make trades? 57:30 Let’s take a look at these deals, courtesy of the Yahoo Trade Market. 58:30 Chase DeLauter for Sonny Gray 59:15 JJ Wetherholt has been traded in 1-for-1’s for Freddy Peralta, James Wood, Steven Kwan and Chase Burns. 1:00:00 Carson Benge for Jacob Wilson 1:00:30 Jackson Chourio for Brice Turang 1:01:30

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap-up a busy first weekend of the baseball season and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They discuss the big start for a number of highly touted rookies, take a look ahead at Week 2 and then talk an active weekend in FAAB with closers such as Jordan Romano and Cole Sands garnering the most interest in fantasy leagues. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.